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Luckypants
17-08-09, 10:19 PM
Chapeau guys!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/8205050.stm
Spiderman
17-08-09, 10:24 PM
jealous i be.
the_lone_wolf
17-08-09, 10:25 PM
So... jealous...

Must...... stop myself....... exploding......

:smt048:smt048:smt048
DarrenSV650S
17-08-09, 10:26 PM
That's what I'd do if I was loaded
Red Herring
17-08-09, 10:26 PM
I'm sure I read a book and saw a few TV programs about a couple of other blokes who did something like this.....
Stingo
17-08-09, 10:33 PM
Wonder if they're going to get a job now...slackers!
xXBADGERXx
18-08-09, 12:04 AM
I think they would have to be seriously loaded to do that , they don`t need jobs , probably own their own companies and can afford to swan off around the world like that . 2 hats .
Kinvig
18-08-09, 07:37 AM
Wow!!!!

Do they mention how many broken bones???? ;o)
markmoto
18-08-09, 07:51 AM
the trip facts are interesting 1000miles in one day WOW! even on a bmw must have had a numb ass, 19,000liters of fuel jeeze...
Viney
18-08-09, 08:13 AM
I think they would have to be seriously loaded to do that , they don`t need jobs , probably own their own companies and can afford to swan off around the world like that . 2 hats .
Well they did. They have since found out that their companies went down the loo and they are both Bankrupt!
plowsie
18-08-09, 08:24 AM
Make a book lads, there's a few pennies in that!
Kinvig
18-08-09, 08:27 AM
I think they would have to be seriously loaded to do that


Well, you can do it kinda "on the cheap". The most expensive costs will likely be shipping. You don't need, or probably want, a BMW as they are the expensive option and attract too much attention. And they're heavy & fiddly.

With a wild guesstimation you could do a rtw for circa £25k...incl buying all the kit. Get decent travel insurance. Or don't get any as thry'll try any trick to wealse out of paying if you're in the middle of nowhere with your ankle in plaster.
DanAbnormal
18-08-09, 09:44 AM
Sounds awesome, except the BMW bit. Gah. I'd like to see it done on something else. A guy did something on an R1 didn't he? Now that deserves respect.
dizzyblonde
18-08-09, 10:46 AM
There was an article on the BBC breakfast news a couple of months back, they were interviewing the wife of an old guy.....who happened to be on the phone from some far off country.....he'd been on a rideout for ten years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DanAbnormal
18-08-09, 10:48 AM
he'd been on a rideout for ten years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't they call that divorce?
plowsie
18-08-09, 10:49 AM
Don't they call that divorce?
No mate - Bloody lucky!